Take Two: Everything You Need to Know About the Bienne Charity Watch Sale for Terre des Hommes, Second Edition
Updated October 26, 2025 When we decided to do this last year, I wondered both if anyone would donate a watch, and if anyone would by one. 54 donated watches donated, as many sold and 20,239 CHF raised later, we knew we’d want
The One Annoying Thing About This Charity Watch Sale
While it’s only the second edition, the Bienne Charity Watch Sale for Terre des hommes has already become a seasonal ritual for me. Even after a long day of work or a (usually more tiring) Saturday with the kids, I’m always up for
50 Things We’ve All Done As Watch Nuts
Ever since I got into watches, eleven years ago, I repeatedly caught myself doing things I never imagined anyone – let alone myself – would be up to. Not only taking constant photos of my wrist, but doing so at the most inappropriate
Asbestos, Lead, Radium: Interview with Jonathan Toumi, Diagnostics Expert at the Heart of the Watch Industry
I met Jonathan Toumi six years ago, after what my kids had picked up in the garden thinking it was an interesting rock turned out to be a chunk of asbestos-cement. I subsequently developed a phobia of asbestos and other hidden enemies of
Breaking Up With A Watch: Really, It’s Not You, It’s Me
Comparing a relationship with a watch to a relationship with a human is completely insane from a normal person’s perspective. But, if you’re one of us, you know what I’m talking about. There’s a thing or two in common between falling in love
Relationship Status with my Swatch x Blancpain Green Abyss: It’s Complicated
When the first variants of the Swatch x Blancpain collaboration were released, I waited in line to get one. I stood for hours outside in the very early morning, with my foldable chair and thermos. Not so much for the watch itself—this wasn’t
Why I Never Kept My GMT Watches
My boss is on the American West Coast, 9 hours behind. I travel fairly frequently for work, to his timezone, and others. I have a bit of a watch obsession and the GMT complication is fun and pretty fascinating. Basically, a perfect storm
Understanding Specifically How Terre des Hommes is Helping in Gaza
I know most of you come to this blog for watch-related content. Of the 99 articles I published before this one, watches, a personal passion / obsession, is largely what I’ve been writing about. And I realize that if I don’t want to
Just In Case: Behind the Scenes at Stila SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds
My favorite places where watches are made all have something in common. They’re timeless. Whether that’s ironic or on the contrary to the point is up for debate. Either way, Stila SA, at the heart of La Chaux-de-Fonds, itself at the heart of
Before You Buy: the Real Costs of Owning a Watch
While I hope you find it useful, this as much as anything a note-to-self. A place I can easily go back to when the next temptation hits me. As we know, there are always “good” reasons to buy a watch. And at least
